POST SHOOT CAMP IMAGES

After Shoot CAMP, our recruits (who started out as Privates and are now all Corporals), sent in images they took using only manual settings.

Now, instead of just using their great creativity for their photos, they are thinking of a lot more when they pick up their weapons. Now, instead of knowing what a good photo should look like, they also know what their aperture should be, their shutter speed and their ISO.

They are thinking about white balance and the rule of thirds and they are paying attention to their backgrounds and the composition of their subject in relationship to all of these things.

That's a lot to think about just to get to this:

Great work, CORPORALS!!!

SHOOT CAMP GETS RESULTS

Saturday morning around.. no. AT 0900, 30 of us photographers gathered in an undisclosed location in downtown Nashville at what we'll call LEVEL ZERO.

We sat down with the knowledge that no one knew anything (even if they did).
And then, like spounges, we left no man behind as we learned about aperture, shutter speeds and ISO.
But we didn't stop there.

The rule of thirds, the rules of white balance and the rules of engagement followed.
And by the time our targets arrived (oh yes, crying babies and all), we were prepared.

A couple of things about SHOOT CAMP.

1. Our curriculum was based on what our recruits wanted to learn via questionnaire.
2. We had a snazzy mixed CD.
3. We chose models based on what our recruits actually shoot (like their kids).
4. There was some saluting... but mostly shooting.

Here are a few photos from our SHOOT CAMP Privates- now Corporals. They have made us proud.

SHOOT CAMP

We can't wait to tell you about our inaugural SHOOT CAMP!
And we will have tons more coming from our crew:

STAY TUNED!

MAJ. MICHAELA - BIO

MAJ. MICHAELA (assisting and documenting during SHOOT CAMP)

MICHAELA M. POWELL

Michaela picked up a camera in 4th grade and starting taking photos of her cat in a beanbag chair. -- I never got in too much trouble for doing it, but my mom would grab the camera for school functions and soon realize that all her film was used up.  In high school took an intro to photography class because she needed credit, fell in love. She set up a dark room in the basement closet and printed all the time.

In December 2009, she graduated from the university of Nebraska with a BFA with an emphasis in photography and graphic design.

Currently, Michaela is living in Tyler, TX.  Everyday she drives through tall pine trees and curvy roads to get to her destination– Pine Cove, where she puts her skills to use as a graphic designer and incorporates photography into her position.

Hard Facts: 

Favorite Quote:
If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, its as thought I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as thought I had forgotten to wake up- Richard Avedon

Hippie at heart.

If she could ride her bike for a living, she would.

You may win her over with coffee, Indian food, and ice cream.
 

Letterpress intern during the spring of 2010 at the oldest working letterpress shop in the country- Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN.  

Weapons of choice: 

Canon 30D
16-35mm f/2.8
50mm f/1.4
Natural light

Who are you?

In the next couple of weeks, those enlisted in Shoot Camp will receive a questionnaire that will include info from you to help us know exactly what to teach. 

Example:

What do you shoot most? 

What do you want to learn?
What is your T-shirt size?

The point is, we want to teach you what YOU want to know.
The basics will be covered, but we want to make sure you can apply them to what you're shooting most whether it's cows, kids or countrysides.

Shoot Camp is for people who love photography and want learn to shoot their digital SLR off the AUTO mode. This class is not designed for professional photographers. This is designed to be a fun learning environment where you will be able to apply minimal classroom knowledge with actual hands-on learning. If the majority of you will be shooting kids, we will bring in a kid and you will shoot them (with your camera, smarties). If you enjoy shooting flowers, we will bring them in .. etc. 

You can enlist today, by emailing SHOOTCAMP@gmail.com.

SGT. Sarah B. - Bio

SGT. SARAH B.
SARAH B. GILLIAM

As a kid, Sarah wouldn't stick with ANYTHING: she tried softball, ballet, painting, gymnastics, girl scouts, boy scouts, guitar lessons, swimming lessons. She did hang in there with one thing (you guessed it): photography.
Sarah went straight to work from high school as an obituary writer (hired on for her pretty handwriting) before working her way up to photojournalist for two newspapers. She finished her degree in photography then went on to The Tennessean before becoming a freelance photographer. Her journalism background is a clear indicator of her love of documentary photography and her preferred style. 

the facts:

- Sarah constantly brags about how funny she is.
- Sarah is somewhat funny.
- Sarah is writing this in the third person and thinks that's funny.
- She is a mama to Jack, an adorable 2-year-old with bed head issues who loves music.
- Sarah knew she was going to marry Patrick in the 10th grade, but didn't until 10 years later.
- In high school, she was voted "most mischievous."
- She loves film far more than memory cards.

Weapons of choice:
Canon 5D Mark II
17-35mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses
Mamyia 645 (medium format film)
Hipstamatic for iPhone

SGT. Shea Boom - Bio

SGT. SHEA BOOM
SHEA HALLIBURTON

Shea was raised in Clarksville, Tennessee, making music videos with her sisters, filling notebooks with drawings and chasing peacocks on the farm. She received a BFA in Graphic Design and spent hours in the darkroom before digital cameras were 'cool.' Sweet home Alabama called her name for an internship with Southern Living Magazine and four years later became Art Director and freelance photographer for a local lifestyle magazine.

In 2006 she was asked to photograph her cousin's wedding... enter a Digital Rebel and the panicked 'how to photograph a wedding' google search. At the end of 2010, she will have captured 62 weddings and over 200 portrait sessions. That's approximately 275,000 clicks of a button.

Shea's strengths: mix cds and hugs.
During college, Shea held four jobs, one being a middle-school-party DJ.
DJ name: shicka shicka boom boom.
Nickname ever since: Shea boom, boom boom or just plain boom.

Shea's weakness: the left lazy eye and ZERO depth perception. Therefore, is the opposite of athletic, a pretty horrible driver and a fear things being thrown at her.

Weapons of choice:
Canon 5D Mark II
24-70mm 2.8 and 50mm 1.4 lenses
Holga 120 (medium format film)
Hipstimatic for iPhone